IN THE BACKBLOCKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 8

IN THE BACKBLOCKS.

SOME OTJT-13 VCjK KDWS. (From . Our Trd-velHljigr /Correspphdent.)

• There, is'no' doubt. \re are. getting, a very forjvard: spring/ this 'season,,. aad, nothing showed it' uibre 'thau the -beautiful' green-■ery/.-on.- the .willows near 'illpokongaro. .There., is a . good , portion of : the river flats on .; each ; side the -■ • Riveiv whichj ; is composed-': to'a"considerable; es T •tent •/'ftnelyrbrbkßn'A and this giving.. au/- .open .^,andi"Warm>. texture' to. '.'theVMd-;-it ■where' there js,'.''much ;clay. : .:,I .noticed' in riding /'up the riverthat; soine: of; the jaddocks had/a 'real good;:bite', in them.

; "Cooee!; Cooee!/ !•/ I; wonder /how;. long that/T man; Vivill:be iiThis'-/ jras'..! at the at: UpokPngaro,,; Aji .present/there is_ but one bridgo across • tho tfiffi;Ta!l«r?iy .bridge, oohsecluently : hbi'6enleii:/il'hd/tehiCles.;must either Across/inivthe' punt .ai/'Upokongarp ;pr:go -.'right>round : by? the; bridge at Wa- ' ngaiiuii - /But./in' a- short .time lit ;is hoped that, a,;;new.:bridgo-.'will-.be- thrown,,'across river;; 1 thei tbw;h;;'.bridge/: : and the • railway; structure'.'.': ,'When; it is; com-. : pletedj-;.it j ivill:: uiidoubfedly :ptoye'-a : ' great • lffrge"' , flumb'er,'y'of./ far/mers.; and ■pthSraiVon,.. : itlie,T3buth - side/of. "thej,rivef;;,'fc';hac),* see a farmer •near ."Upoko" ,(as;.tnere:'<'h.o'w seems an, : CampbeU,;!whbmj.lv;kiLew;:'iyhen';''M but,: 1; found, like : maiiy.more ho liad. sold "out; One 01 the. i.Messrs. /lfarley : /'''Brothers/;,'from -'Mahga- ; wfeka; / has taken ;over.': / /It will be: a: ..bit/:,difficulty to, -.tb£mZ^>^j>eo^-'ide^".>o£-)icxab : ;.and--'sofse'' ;ih- 'v;;./ -tliis road and 'canteringVliivef I .did,' and who '• did not. know the" horrors •of • the . now-'more ;;tkan';.-fampus ; parapara : -Road; ,cqiild:;cbnceiye :the'/hprnbre/state 01" these back-country .. mud-streams. One day I, saw tile-mail coach going- in, and, upon ;my;'\wbrd,"\it...was,'nothing more :; or./less /than.i oho.'-'huge; mud: splash; .t .Therq (fo,ur.* horses /and/ a: Tery,"light' coabKj'-.'aii'd' ..even then ', they could only go 'in some ;lsj:miles. However, the : -'mailmen'., are .something ./like, tho -'pionSer./farmers—they, ;stiok;/to^,their;vjob!,lik6i;iim'pPt£: then.'can't vtakeithei'maii: in oh vehicles,": | tliat , has :to .bo givcn 'u}>, they/ just : sling the;,mail/bags.;ov,er/.their'shoulders' and go;-'on "shaiiks's-poiiy." Many an outlying'settler, has cause to. bless tho pluck ;a,lid^perseyDrahce. /the' whb;:iri /spite 1 of-';reiin;;,hail,'/or,'; snow, ,usual!y..turn, jUp :■' to / ( with;; t-he ' mail; i / /' : • It .iis .-remarkable that : wherever I go Tjie /i)q3r'rNioN /seems to bo ' the farmer'k :pa^,;aMtfoi:n6"' : re^lai;.viieiiT^.- , -'(sel.dom more than two, days, old) the farmers have; much'reisonlto/i'eel, a'; sense ofvgrati-: tlido .-to - tho '"man 7 who brings in tho mail;"/v"W-'

Lismoro Station, which for many years was' the property. :of Dr. Grace,. is now owned by :.31r.' Herbert Hammond, one of • the York Farmfamily.. Tlie' road £ntfs'fpast'vfbrVs6md.\milfc impravementi in, .the .property. The scrub-and ferii are • a thing. of .the past.. -V;,-:

BUTTER FOR LONDON. 1 THE CHANCES,THIS TEAR. Oprrespondent.) , ' '< t September 15. •loeaV ';• . stances'/as iigli: as • UJd.vper. 1 lb. Iks'teen • offered,;;and..rHt'used,\:theli'facioiies °pbu-: ceriitd preferring ,to take their .chances 'oiK the;;.£ajidbn. ;market''::by:-^'ebisignmoiif. ; ' Offers, of lHd. are fairly general. Last year, the market, opened at 10Jd., ami, advance,'.' -'.^KicttVp^stdtnled;/ar-iTe(cbr'ili>- L .tKB '-'gohcfal"aivay. iii 'prices.' to a. more or;less;!,extent"; ;.vv.."'■ ; .?fWithtfie advance; /of' the^etisbn: 7 1 firmly' believe i that •; we' are vin. siglit:df'--.a' 'record;''iiremafked'.ia; prominent! buyer to: a iyiierald'' , reporl^r. / '- .Thiv !experieucß 'of! !last, year,?-he'-'; said; , together --" with " the .firmness :of the 'London' market, indicated that high' l prices would - be! sustained: ;ii^'e'rmore;';.;-a./Jar4et^'6iil®»t-''j7as' i ..pro-' ;misedSby f a geiieriU tlie ?■ liercls! iand:^factories' tfirouglwit ■ 'ffii&V-provijfoe.-. .-Tfiea-;hthe^--^season. it pastures - were highly-•favoufablei;»'-'- v u.-.v' --. ' . .